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    Muffaletta. Made the bread from scratch, used central grocery olive salet. So good. 

  • So.... bear with me. This sandwich has history. My grandpa let me work for the family business around mixers and loaders and dump trucks when I was 12. 16 was the minimum age. When Osha showed up I ha

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    Had a friend give me some corned beef, kraut, Russian dressing and sour pickles from Kat’z in NYC. Reuben time for dinner.

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Toasted up a Turkey, hot salami, bacon, cheddar, lettuce, tomato, olive oil mayo and s&p on whole wheat. All that's missing is a cold claussen pickle spear but I was too hungry to run to the store. 

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I just had a grilled cheese with turkey and pickle.  Too hungry/hungover to take a pic but I might make another.

6 hours ago, huge said:

I just had a grilled cheese with turkey and pickle.  Too hungry/hungover to take a pic but I might make another.

 

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Cross posting but damn proud of my 12 year old daughter.  She wanted to make chicken sandwiches from scratch.  Here is her 1st attempt.  These are the only pictures that you will get fuckers.20220806_160829.thumb.jpg.6454b89cf02cd27e89c8002778076904.jpg20220806_184040.thumb.jpg.2239fdcfc46e97147264378694f6419f.jpg20220806_184047.thumb.jpg.e9149bf13f6820d92b69fd833b288001.jpg20220806_184115.thumb.jpg.4dc1c00ed0e6a21f70933d2ab7152c7a.jpg

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7 hours ago, huge said:

I just had a grilled cheese with turkey and pickle.  Too hungry/hungover to take a pic but I might make another.

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10 hours ago, CoachTex said:

Cross posting but damn proud of my 12 year old daughter.  She wanted to make chicken sandwiches from scratch.  Here is her 1st attempt.  These are the only pictures that you will get fuckers.20220806_160829.thumb.jpg.6454b89cf02cd27e89c8002778076904.jpg20220806_184040.thumb.jpg.2239fdcfc46e97147264378694f6419f.jpg20220806_184047.thumb.jpg.e9149bf13f6820d92b69fd833b288001.jpg20220806_184115.thumb.jpg.4dc1c00ed0e6a21f70933d2ab7152c7a.jpg

I showed that picture to my 11 year old son and I think that he is in love. 

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1 hour ago, Anastasis said:

I showed that picture to my 11 year old son and I think that he is in love. 

Teach a boy to make a sandwich, and he'll eat for a day. Teach a boy to meet a girl who makes sandwiches, and he'll eat sandwiches for a lifeti......until a month after the wedding.

14 hours ago, CoachTex said:

Cross posting but damn proud of my 12 year old daughter.  She wanted to make chicken sandwiches from scratch.  Here is her 1st attempt.  These are the only pictures that you will get fuckers.20220806_160829.thumb.jpg.6454b89cf02cd27e89c8002778076904.jpg20220806_184040.thumb.jpg.2239fdcfc46e97147264378694f6419f.jpg20220806_184047.thumb.jpg.e9149bf13f6820d92b69fd833b288001.jpg20220806_184115.thumb.jpg.4dc1c00ed0e6a21f70933d2ab7152c7a.jpg

We’ll be here in 6 years.

We’re not animals.

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So.... bear with me. This sandwich has history. My grandpa let me work for the family business around mixers and loaders and dump trucks when I was 12. 16 was the minimum age. When Osha showed up I had to go hide in the parts room upstairs in the shop where I would do everything from clean the shitter to do 1000 services on an Oshkosh. 

Anyhow,  my grandpa,  who was 78 or 79 at the time and still came to work every day used to grab me around noon and say let's go grab a sandwich at LD's Cafe. This was a shit hole but they had awesome fried pork sandwiches and on Friday night they had fantastic deep fried jumbo shrimp. Regardless... the fried pork chop sandwich was a heavily battered pork chop with raw white onion,  shredded iceberg and tomato with a mayo/mustard sauce. 

Haven't had one in 30 years. Did my best to recreate it tonight. Slammed.

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10/10 post. Succinct story that was worth reading and a badass sandwich. That's how it's done. 

So.... bear with me. This sandwich has history. My grandpa let me work for the family business around mixers and loaders and dump trucks when I was 12. 16 was the minimum age. When Osha showed up I had to go hide in the parts room upstairs in the shop where I would do everything from clean the shitter to do 1000 services on an Oshkosh. 
Anyhow,  my grandpa,  who was 78 or 79 at the time and still came to work every day used to grab me around noon and say let's go grab a sandwich at LD's Cafe. This was a shit hole but they had awesome fried pork sandwiches and on Friday night they had fantastic deep fried jumbo shrimp. Regardless... the fried pork chop sandwich was a heavily battered pork chop with raw white onion,  shredded iceberg and tomato with a mayo/mustard sauce. 
Haven't had one in 30 years. Did my best to recreate it tonight. Slammed.
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Great story about a great memory. I hope that fucking awesome sandwich brought sweet memories back of your grandpa and those days. So many of my favorite times are triggered and built around various foods, whether it’s simple like cornbread in a glass of buttermilk, or a plate of cheese enchiladas, or a blt with the bread toasted in bacon grease. Pop always shows up.
25 minutes ago, pops said:

Haven't had one in 30 years. Did my best to recreate it tonight. Slammed.

Lucky you didn't burn the house down, pops ... 

 

A simple sandwich: ham, turkey, WB honey mustard, but with hatch chilies and a fucking awesome tomato.d97bdcdca3a38bb10b99acca3ebf4c05.jpg

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Salmon club with extra aged cheddar, sun dried tomato aioli and avocado:

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17 hours ago, Party_Taco said:

Salmon club with extra aged cheddar, sun dried tomato aioli and avocado:

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Salmon club with extra aged cheddar, sun dried tomato aioli and avocado:

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I see something good but can’t get past the salmon. Even living in Portland and getting it off the day boat it still reeks of the canned red chum they stunk my elementary school with.
2 minutes ago, Texzilla58 said:


I see something good but can’t get past the salmon. Even living in Portland and getting it off the day boat it still reeks of the canned red chum they stunk my elementary school with.

God you are a fucking idiot. 

No one wants to be the guy that follows the man but fuck it.  Fried chicken with ham and Swiss. 

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God you are a fucking idiot. 

You get that worked up because someone doesn’t like a polarizing fish like salmon on a board? Eat a bottle of Xanax douche. Choke on some pin bones.
10 hours ago, Texzilla58 said:

I see something good but can’t get past the salmon. Even living in Portland and getting it off the day boat it still reeks of the canned red chum they stunk my elementary school with.

I guess I'm a fucking idiot, too, because at 47 years old I still haven't quite acquired a taste for salmon. 

Now, I've had Copper River king salmon in season in Seattle, and it was served pretty plain, some salt and pepper, but no rub or sauce, and I thought it was outstanding. But you can't get that often in Central Market or Whole Foods, and when you can it's fucking expensive.  The garden variety salmon behind the seafood counter still can taste too "fishy" for me.  It's a shame, because it's one of the healthiest proteins out there.

47 minutes ago, South Austin said:

I guess I'm a fucking idiot, too, because at 47 years old I still haven't quite acquired a taste for salmon. 

Now, I've had Copper River king salmon in season in Seattle, and it was served pretty plain, some salt and pepper, but no rub or sauce, and I thought it was outstanding. But you can't get that often in Central Market or Whole Foods, and when you can it's fucking expensive.  The garden variety salmon behind the seafood counter still can taste too "fishy" for me.  It's a shame, because it's one of the healthiest proteins out there.

I've enjoyed it in Washington, particularly the one I caught, which was handed to the guy from the restaurant when we docked the boat, and which was grilled and brought to me at our table.  My old man used to go Salmon fishing every year, and he'd have a metric shit ton of it smoked, canned, and shipped to Texas.  But outside of that, suffice it to say that the good stuff is a little harder to come by in Texas and I have been underwhelmed enough times that I tend not to bother with it.

Not a big salmon fan myself but I attribute most of it to never really eating it that often.  

On 8/6/2022 at 10:06 PM, CoachTex said:

Cross posting but damn proud of my 12 year old daughter.  She wanted to make chicken sandwiches from scratch.  Here is her 1st attempt.  These are the only pictures that you will get fuckers.20220806_160829.thumb.jpg.6454b89cf02cd27e89c8002778076904.jpg20220806_184040.thumb.jpg.2239fdcfc46e97147264378694f6419f.jpg20220806_184047.thumb.jpg.e9149bf13f6820d92b69fd833b288001.jpg20220806_184115.thumb.jpg.4dc1c00ed0e6a21f70933d2ab7152c7a.jpg

I'd love that bread recipe.

 

On 8/10/2022 at 10:39 PM, pops said:

So.... bear with me. This sandwich has history. My grandpa let me work for the family business around mixers and loaders and dump trucks when I was 12. 16 was the minimum age. When Osha showed up I had to go hide in the parts room upstairs in the shop where I would do everything from clean the shitter to do 1000 services on an Oshkosh. 

Anyhow,  my grandpa,  who was 78 or 79 at the time and still came to work every day used to grab me around noon and say let's go grab a sandwich at LD's Cafe. This was a shit hole but they had awesome fried pork sandwiches and on Friday night they had fantastic deep fried jumbo shrimp. Regardless... the fried pork chop sandwich was a heavily battered pork chop with raw white onion,  shredded iceberg and tomato with a mayo/mustard sauce. 

Haven't had one in 30 years. Did my best to recreate it tonight. Slammed.

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Back when I took a short 18-month detour into working for my buddy's Dallas BBQ operation, I got friendly with the chef/owner of the fine dining place behind us in Preston Center. He was the executive chef who opened Al Biernat's with Al way back when and got them their early rave reviews. He had a "farmer's burger" on his lunch menu. It was a standard thin/smashburger with a breaded pork cutlet that was pounded flat, breaded and fried and put on top with typical burger accessories (LTO, etc). Goddamn it was gloriously good.

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I guess I'm a fucking idiot, too, because at 47 years old I still haven't quite acquired a taste for salmon. 
Now, I've had Copper River king salmon in season in Seattle, and it was served pretty plain, some salt and pepper, but no rub or sauce, and I thought it was outstanding. But you can't get that often in Central Market or Whole Foods, and when you can it's fucking expensive.  The garden variety salmon behind the seafood counter still can taste too "fishy" for me.  It's a shame, because it's one of the healthiest proteins out there.

When I lived in Portland each of the rivers and big creeks had their separate salmon runs and some of the locals could discern them like fine wine. Copper Creek, Nehalim Bay, Willamette, Clackamas, the list is long. I tried them all, absolutely fresh, and just can’t get far with it. My son can eat smoked salmon by the pound. It’s all far superior to Atlantic salmon which is farmed. It’s puke.

I do miss that PNW seafood like dungeness crab, oysters, halibut. They don’t have shrimp Worth a shit though.

Just can’t handle salmon, maybe as a smoked salmon dip. No shark, no redfish, no fresh tuna, no swordfish for me, thanks.  OTOH, I love all crustaceans, mollusks, and white-fleshed fish, and celebrate anchovies and crispy fried sardines.  Taste is a strange phenomenon.

Shark, swordfish and salmon in the same breathe… by god!

Can’t believe I spawned #salmongate

As for me.....if it lives in the ocean, I love it.  All of it.  Wild, farmed, fish, mollusks, crustaceans, all of it.  I bet I'd love those worms that live by those deep sea vents.  Fry up a basket full, gimme a cold beer.....yeah, I'd eat it.  Like a plate of whitebait at a pub:

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18 hours ago, Brisketexan said:

As for me.....if it lives in the ocean, I love it.  All of it.  Wild, farmed, fish, mollusks, crustaceans, all of it.  I bet I'd love those worms that live by those deep sea vents.  Fry up a basket full, gimme a cold beer.....yeah, I'd eat it.  Like a plate of whitebait at a pub:

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I am not a chef, but I don't think this is a sandwich.

3 minutes ago, BHMCruiser said:

 

I am not a chef, but I don't think this is a sandwich.

Well, we went off on a "seafood I would/wouldn't eat" tangent, as Surly tends to do.  But to make it topical.....put that on a loaf of crusty french bread, and I'd eat the hell out of it.

2 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

Well, we went off on a "seafood I would/wouldn't eat" tangent, as Surly tends to do.  But to make it topical.....put that on a loaf of crusty french bread, and I'd eat the hell out of it.

French boule or GTFO.

 

Looks great but where is the other half?

In the fridge for tomorrow… thing weighed like 5lbs
19 hours ago, Party_Taco said:

Pastrami, corned beef, coleslaw and pickles on garlic bread.

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Fucking A, man.

We were out towards Buffalo yesterday for day trip, had a beef on Weck for lunch.  It was pretty good but the beef could’ve been a bit more tender. 
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I figured in a frou frou joint like that they’d take off the crusts.

I figured in a frou frou joint like that they’d take off the crusts.

My house? Naw son the crust is where the flavor lives!
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grilled white cheddar and swiss on easy tiger bread with homemade stone ground mustard and central market grocery olive salad

 

Banh mi

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Pork butt in the crock pot with fish sauce, soy sauce, lemon grass, shallots, garlic, and a bit of sugar. Quick pickle carrot and radish. Sauce is sambal + Try Me tiger sauce. Bread is poboy loaf from Royal Bakery in the crime-free Montrose.

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